Genesis 1:31 shows God's satisfaction with creation just before resting in Genesis 2:2.

Exodus 20:11 grounds the Sabbath in God's rest after creation.

In Exodus 23:12, the Sabbath commandment for people and animals is directly grounded in this pattern of God's seventh-day rest.

In Exodus 31:17, God explicitly points to His rest on the seventh day as the sign and model for Israel's Sabbath observance.

In Deuteronomy 5:14, the Sabbath law expands this rest principle to include servants and animals, affirming its created order.

In John 5:17, Jesus declares God's ongoing work, challenging a rigid understanding of divine rest.

In Hebrews 4:4, this verse is directly quoted to establish the precedent for God's rest into which believers may enter.

Exodus 16:23 establishes Israel's Sabbath rest around manna, directly echoing God's pattern of resting on the seventh day at creation's completion.

Exodus 31:15 codifies the six-then-rest pattern into law, explicitly grounding Israel's Sabbath in God's own creative workweek and rest.

Psalm 95:11 warns that rebels will never enter 'my rest' — picking up the theological significance of God's rest as a place of blessing Israel forfeited.

Jeremiah 17:22 prohibits work on the Sabbath, applying the creation-rest pattern to daily life as a binding command for Israel.